So my truck started jerking left and right out of no where about a week ago. I took it up to muffler man, they test drove it, lifted it up and said it was my steering box. I bought one for 160$ and put it on and my truck is still jerking left and right.

It happens at really any speed.. any ideas of what it could be? possibly a bent rim? alignment? Its hard to say but it seems like its jerking more to the left than the right. It also pulls a little bit to the left.

I recently had one cylinder in a new caliper lock up, the truck pulled mostly to the right, but under braking was all over the place. The more I drove it the worse it got. Sometimes it would free up and drive normal.

I had the steering shaft itself wear out on my old ranger, very scary.

If it's wandering back and forth you should assume that something in you're steering or braking system is extremely worn out, please don't "live with it" if you can't find the answer, it could be very dangerous.

turns out i have a list of problems, ball joints, outter and inner tie rod ends, u joint, and track arm. supposedly the track arm is causing the jerking in both directions. i took it into a family friend so i trust that all of these are actual problems lol. ill nvr go back to muffler man, i just wanted a quick diagnosis. dumb mistake.

turns out i have a list of problems, ball joints, outter and inner tie rod ends, u joint, and track arm. supposedly the track arm is causing the jerking in both directions. i took it into a family friend so i trust that all of these are actual problems lol. ill nvr go back to muffler man, i just wanted a quick diagnosis. dumb mistake.

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